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FACT SHEET – $10,000 FIVB Alanya One Star Alanya, Turkey, May 31-June 3, 2018

Updated on May 27, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. Two events held in September-October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour.

· The double-gender $10,000 FIVB Alanya One Star is the 24th men’s and the 21st women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to Turkey for the third time this season after a one-year absence. Alanya hosted three men’s only events in 1996, 1997, 1998 and Antalya hosted two double-gender events for the 2016 FIVB World Tour. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com.

· May 31-June 3, Alanya, Turkey, Men and Women, $10,000 – Turkey has hosted eleven previous FIVB World Tour events, including three men’s only and four double-gender tournaments. Antalya has hosted four of the events, Alanya three, Aydin and Mersin one event each. Aydin and Mersin hosted double-gender events earlier this month. Manavgat and Samsun will also host double-gender events in June and July, respectively. Host country Turkey’s best men’s finish on its home country’s soil was a fourth-place by Hasan Mermer/Sefa Urlu in the Aydin event earlier this month. The best women’s finish was three 13th-place finishes, also in the Aydin event earlier this month.

· The FIVB Alanya One Star starts May 31 and concludes June 3. The winning teams from each gender will share the $1,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Wednesday, May 30 ...... Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Thursday, May 31 ...... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Friday, June 1 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Saturday, June 2 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches · Sunday, June 3 ...... Men’s and Women’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches

· A total of 54 teams from 24 countries (27 men’s teams from 16 countries and 24 women’s teams from 18 countries) are entered into the FIVB Alanya One Star (as of May 27, 2018), including Australia (1 men’s team, 0 women’s teams), Austria (1,2), Croatia (1,0), Czech Republic (2,1), Denmark (2,1), Egypt (1,0), England (1,0), Finland (0,1), France (0,1), Germany (1,2), Greece (0,1), Hungary (0,1), Italy (3,2), Kosovo (0,1), Latvia (1,0), Netherlands (1,1), Poland (0,1), Portugal (0,1), Russia (2,3), Slovenia (0,1), Sweden (1,1), Switzerland (1,0), Turkey (6,5), and Ukraine (2,1).

· The FIVB Alanya One Star is the 391st men’s and the 353rd women’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... Page · Past FIVB World Tour Results in Turkey (1996 to present for men and 2015 to present for women) ...... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ...... 3 · FIVB Alanya One Star Men’s Entries (through May 27)...... 4 · FIVB Alanya One Star Women’s Entries (through May 27) ...... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ...... 6 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ...... 7 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ...... 8 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ...... 9 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 10 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 11 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 12 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 13 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 14 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 15

Past Turkish Men’s Medals – Brazil 6, Latvia 2, Russia 2, Argentina 1, Canada 1, Cuba 1, Czech Republic 1, Iran 1, Italy 1, Germany 1, Mexico 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Serbia 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Alanya 1996 Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, BRA Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR

2. Alanya 1997 Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, BRA Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA

3. Alanya 1998 Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN Para/Guilherme, BRA

4. Antalya 2015 Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, ITA Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, MEX Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, LAT

5. Antalya 2016 Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, GER Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, POL

6. Mersin 2018 Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, RUS Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, CZE Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, CUB

7. Aydin 2018 Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, SRB Abolhamed Mirzaali/Rahman Raoufi, IRI Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, RUS

Past Turkish Women’s Medals – Germany 2, Austria 1, Cuba 1, Czech Republic 1, Finland 1, Italy 1, Netherlands 1, Russia 1, Slovakia 1, Sweden 1, United States 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Antalya 2015 Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, ITA Emily Day/Jennifer Kessy, USA

2. Antalya 2015 Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, FIN Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER

3. Mersin 2018 Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, AUT /Madelein Mepperlink, NED Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, SVK

4. Aydin 2018 Mailen Deliz/Leila Martinez, CUB Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Mastikova, RUS Kristina Thurin/Susanna Thurin, SWE

FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men ...... Olympic Champions ...... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States ...... Atlanta 1996 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ...... Sydney 2000 ...... Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Athens 2004 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ...... Beijing 2008 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... London 2012 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Rio 2016 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ...... Youth Olympic Champions ...... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ...... Nanjing 2014 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October 6-18 ...... Buenos Aires 2018 ...... olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions ...... Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ...... Los Angeles 1997 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ...... Marseille 1999...... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina ...... Klagenfurt 2001 ...... Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Rio de Janeiro 2003 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil ...... Berlin 2005 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ...... Gstaad 2007 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... Stavanger 2009 ...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ...... Rome 2011 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Netherlands 2015 ...... Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ...... Austria 2017 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ...... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Poland 2013 ...... Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ...... Poland 2014 ...... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 21 World Champions ...... Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil ...... France 2001 ...... Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain ...... Italy 2002 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ...... France 2003 ...... Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain ...... Portugal 2004 ...... Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia ...... Brazil 2005 ...... Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil ...... Poland 2006 ...... Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy ...... Italy 2007 ...... Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai, Italy ...... Great Britain 2008 ...... Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Great Britain 2009 ...... Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada ...... Alanya 2010 ...... Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Canada 2011 ...... Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Canada 2012 ...... /Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ...... Croatia 2013 ...... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2014 ...... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Switzerland 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil ...... China 2017 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ...... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ...... Greece 2002* ...... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany ...... Thailand 2003* ...... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania ...... Italy 2004* ...... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia ...... France 2005 ...... Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany ...... Bermuda 2006 ...... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Poland 2007 ...... Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia ...... Netherlands 2008 ...... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Turkey 2009 ...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Portugal 2010 ...... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ...... Croatia 2011 ...... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2012 ...... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ...... Portugal 2013 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Portugal 2014 ...... Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ...... Cyprus 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil Nanjing ...... China 2018 ...... July 10-15 *For players under the age of 18 through 2004 Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions ...... Girls Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland ...... Mexico 2014 ...... Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Alanya One Star Men’s Entries (as of May 27, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Thomas Kunert/Philipp Waller, Austria Matthew Abela/Patrick Tang, Australia Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany Marin Jercic/Josip Pribanic, Croatia Haralds Regza/Kristaps Smits, Latvia Jakub Gala/David Kufa, Czech Republic Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia Marcel Myslivecek/Martin Pihera, Czech Republic Sergey Gorbenko/Vasilii Ivanov, Russia Kristoffer Abell/Daniel Thomsen, Denmark Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland Martin Hansen/Mads Rosager, Denmark Ali Cebeci/Yusuf Ozdemir, Turkey Ahmed Farag/Abdelrahman Fayed, Egypt Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, Turkey Joaquin Bello/Luis Bello, England Hasan Mermer/Sefa Urlu, Turkey Filippo Boesso/Matteo Galli, Italy Engin Ozbek/Ali Berke Sagir, Turkey Luca Colaberardino/Francesco De Luca, Italy Oleksiy Denin/Denys Denysenko, Ukraine Nicolo Conti/Marco Magini, Italy Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine Jannes van der Ham/Sven Vismans, Netherlands Alexander Herrmann/Ludvig Simonsson, Sweden Burak Balibey/Koray Baytemur, Turkey Dogukan Ulu/Dundar Yildirim, Turkey

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Alanya One Star Women’s Entries (as of May 27, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Tereza Kotlasova/Daniela Resova, Czech Republic Anja Dorfler/Stephanie Wiesmeyr, Austria Ida Sinisalo/Nette Tuominen, Finland Dorina Klinger/Valerie Teufl, Austria Aline Chamereau/Lezana Placette, France Cecilie Olsen/Signe Zibrandtsen, Denmark Sarah Schneider/Viktoria Seeber, Germany Leonie Kortzinger/Anika Krebs, Germany Dimitra Manavi/Konstantina Tsopoulou, Greece Eszter Lutter/Szandra Szombathelyi, Hungary Arianna Barboni/Agata Zuccarelli, Italy Vildane Jashari/Valmira Ramadani, Kosovo Silvia Costantini/Gaia Traballi, Italy Flore Gravesteijn/Mexime van Driel, Netherlands Anna Alova/Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia Marta Duda/Marta Lodej, Poland Merve Celebi/Muge Ocakci, Turkey Gabriela Coelho/Vanessa Paquete, Portugal Bugra Eryildiz/Aleyna Vence, Turkey Irina Frolova/Elena Sviridova, Russia Neriman Gencyurek/Guldeniz Onal, Turkey Daria Rudykh/Elizaveta Zayonchkovskaya, Russia Merve Nezir/Selin Yurtsever, Turkey Katarina Bulc/Nina Zdesar, Slovenia Felicia Granberg/Johanna Wikberg, Sweden Aysun Alam/Aysu Ceylan, Turkey Diana Lunina/Anastasia Lysenko, Ukraine

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.79 million in prize money, with three Major Series five-star events, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One age-group FIVB World Championships, for players under the age of 19 will also be played. The 2018 FIVB World Tour began in September of 2017 and concludes in August, 2018. Two events being played in September-October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90.

· The international beach volleyball circuit visits 48 sites in 30 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, 2018. · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 43 men’s and 44 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.79 million in prize money. · All three five-star events and the FIVB World Tour Season Final will be for both genders. The combined purse for each of the five-star events is $600,000 and the total purse will be $800,000 for the FIVB World Tour Season Final. · The three five-star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2017 sites in United States (Fort Lauderdale) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 is Vienna, Austria. · The showcase event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour is the FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August 14-19. · Nine of the ten four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar was for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), and China (Xiamen), and will be played in the United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), Japan (Tokyo), and Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. One event in Yangzhou, China in October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The first event for both genders was in China (Qinzhou), and the other three for both genders will be held in Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Morocco (Agadir). The event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. One event in Qinzhou, China in September-October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The two-star events have a purse of $50,000 each, either split between two genders or paid to a single gender. The first double-gender event was held in Australia (Sydney) while the next two will be in China (Jinjiang) and Singapore. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women’s- only events. · The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender, with the first single-gender event played in France (Montpellier) in September, 2017 for men only. The other single-gender events for women will be held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan), while the events for men-only were played in Oman and the Netherlands (Aalsmeer). Aalsmeer also hosted a double-gender one-star event in October, 2017. The other double-gender events will be held in Australia (Shepparton), Thailand (Satun and Bangkok), Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Manila), Turkey (Aydin, Alanya, Manavgat, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), Austria (Baden), Russia (Anapa), Croatia (Porec), India (Koichi), Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 in China (Nanjing) from July 11-16. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. · France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men’s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, 2017. The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands

November 22-25 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O’Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November 23-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia

January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February 20-24 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands March 14-17 Oman One-Star Men Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany March 15-18 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Women Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, United States April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Men Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Mastikova, Russia

May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Women Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, AUT May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Women Ayumi Kusano/Takemi Nishibori, Japan May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider, Germany May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men Yusuke Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Women Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough, United States May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Women Mailen Deliz/Leila Martinez, Cuba May 24-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men Luciano Ferreira/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil May 25-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Women Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000

June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Men & Women $10,000 $50,000 June 14-17 Nanjing, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June 21-24 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June 21-24 Singapore, Singapore Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

July 4-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 5-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men & Women $10,000

July 5-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 10-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July 10-15 Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls July 12-15 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July 18-21 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July 18-22 Haiyang, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 25-29 Agadir, Morocco Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000

August 2-5 Kochi, India One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 3-5 Ljubljana, Slovenia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Vaduz, Liechtenstein One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August 14-19 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000

2019 FIVB World Tour Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000

October 10-14 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results

Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil February 15-18 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada March 17-19 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil June 16-18 Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States June 17-18 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil June 23-25 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China

June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada

June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil

July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil July 14-16 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany July 20-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany July 28-30 Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of May 21, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 9*, 5,220 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 16*, 5,080 3, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 10*, 4,860 4, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 17*, 4,600 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 13*, 4,380 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15*, 4,120 7, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10*, 4,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 15*, 3,960 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11*, 3,796 10, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 12*, 3,540 10, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 8, 3,540 12, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 8, 3,450 13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 11*, 3,360 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,240 14, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 7, 3,240 16, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 3,080 17, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 17*, 3,000 18, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 13*, 2,980 19, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 9*, 2,780 20, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 11*, 2,760 21, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 16*, 2,680 22, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 8, 2,650 23, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 20*, 2,640 24, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 6, 2,620 25, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 7, 2,500

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 12*, 5,840 2, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 14*, 4,560 3, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 10*, 4,400 4, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 9*, 4,360 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12*, 4,220 6, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 12*, 4,160 7, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 7, 4,040 8, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 14*, 3,840 9, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 14*, 3,680 10, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9*, 3,616 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 17*, 3,580 12, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 10*, 3,560 12, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 10*, 3,560 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 12*, 3,360 15, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 17*, 2,980 16, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 10*, 2,820 17, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 7, 2,660 18, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 8, 2,620 19, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 7, 2,600 20, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 2,580 21, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 9*, 2,560 22, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 8, 2,420 22, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 16*, 2,420 22, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 9*, 2,420 25, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 8, 2,224

* Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through May 27, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 7, 4,040 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 6, 3,460 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 6, 3,120 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 6, 3,100 5, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 7, 2,940 6, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 8, 2,660 7, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 7, 2,500 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 5, 2,480 9, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 7, 2,460 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 2,440 11, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 7, 2,380 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 4, 2,380 13, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 7, 2,220 14, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 6, 2,100 14, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 3, 2,100 16, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 6, 2,080 17, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 6, 2,060 18, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 3, 2,000 18, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 5, 2,000 20, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 5, 1,980 20, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 8, 1,980 22, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 4, 1,960 23, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 4, 1,920 24, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 4, 1,860 25, Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland, 8, 1,820

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 6, 3,080 2, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 4, 2,880 2, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 5, 2,880 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 5, 2,820 5, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 8, 2,700 6, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 8, 2,560 7, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 4, 2,480 8, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 6, 2,460 9, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 6, 2,400 10, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 5, 2,180 11, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 4, 2,160 12, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 6, 2,140 12, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 5, 2,140 14, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 5, 2,100 15, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 4, 2,060 16, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 5, 2,020 17, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 4, 2,000 18, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 4, 1,980 18, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 4, 1,980 20, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 4, 1,960 21, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 5, 1,860 22, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 8, 1,820 23, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 4, 1,740 24, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 1,640 25, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,620

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through May 27, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 7, 3, $73,000 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 6, 0, $56,000 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 3, 1, $52,000 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 6, 1, $51,000 5, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 4, 1, $46,000 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 6, 0, $45,000 7, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 3, 1, $42,000 8, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 7, 0, $41,500 9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2, 0, $35,000 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 5, 0, $33,000 11, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 0, $31,000 12, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 7, 0, $28,000 12, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 4, 0, $28,000 14, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 7, 1, $26,500 15, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 6, 1, $26,000 15, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 4, 0, $26,000 17, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 8, 0, $25,600 18, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 7, 0, $25,500 19, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 3, 0, $24,000 19, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 4, 0, $24,000 21, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 6, 0, $23,200 22, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 5, 0, $23,000 23, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 5, 0, $22,500 23, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 6, 0, $22,500 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 7, 0, $21,500

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 4, 2, $70,000 2, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $50,000 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 5, 1, $48,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 4, 1, $44,000 5, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 6, 3, $41,500 6, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 4, 0, $40,000 7, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 4, 1, $34,000 8, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 4, 0, $31,000 9, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 4, 0, $29,000 10, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 6, 0, $28,600 11, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 0, $28,000 12, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 8, 0, $27,790 13, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 8, 1, $27,100 14, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 4, 0, $27,000 14, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 5, 0, $27,000 16, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 4, 0, $26,000 16, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 5, 0, $26,000 16, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 4, 0, $26,000 19, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $25,000 20, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 5, 0, $23,500 21, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 5, 0, $23,000 22, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 6, 0, $22,000 23, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 5, 0, $21,000 24, Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 3, 0, $20,000 25, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $18,000

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180 1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650 5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440 6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320 7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280 8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720 12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480 13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400 14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160 16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050 18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020 19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960 21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940 22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910 23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900 24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390

25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500 24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500

Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 195 142 138 ...... 475 104 ...... 579 United States 74 61 53 ...... 188 46 ...... 234 Germany 20 34 29 ...... 83 37 ...... 120 Switzerland 9 23 22 ...... 54 19 ...... 73 Netherlands 18 13 10 ...... 41 15 ...... 56 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15 ...... 52 Russia 9 12 12 ...... 33 14 ...... 47 Italy 7 12 11 ...... 30 14 ...... 44 Norway 8 7 13 ...... 28 15 ...... 43 Latvia 12 9 7 ...... 28 9 ...... 37 Spain 4 9 14 ...... 27 10 ...... 37 Canada 3 10 13 ...... 26 12 ...... 38 Poland 3 9 11 ...... 23 11 ...... 34 Australia 2 3 12 ...... 17 11 ...... 28 France 3 3 6 ...... 12 10 ...... 22 China 2 6 4 ...... 12 4 ...... 16 Austria 1 6 4 ...... 11 10 ...... 21 Cuba 2 2 3 ...... 7 2 ...... 9 Mexico 0 2 4 ...... 6 0 ...... 6 Qatar 1 2 1 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Iran 0 2 2 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6 ...... 8 Czech Republic 0 2 0 ...... 2 4 ...... 6 Estonia 1 0 1 ...... 2 3 ...... 5 Serbia 1 1 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Japan 1 0 1 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Chile 0 2 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 New Zealand 0 0 2 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Turkey 0 0 2 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Thailand 1 0 1 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Indonesia 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Slovenia 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Morocco 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Oman 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Ukraine 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 389 389 390 ...... 1,168 388 ...... 1,556 There have been 389 men’s FIVB World Tour events (incl. Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 301 events: . Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 . Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 . Australia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 . Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Tied 6-6 . Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 6-5 . Austria vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-3 . Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1 . Austria vs. Russia Austria leads 1-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Latvia Tied 3-3 . Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3 . Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1 . Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0 . Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-1 . Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1 . Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2 . Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Germany leads 2-1 . Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1 . France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1 . France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-0 . France vs. Spain France leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Iran Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0 . Indonesia vs. Thailand Thailand leads 1-0 . China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0 . Iran vs. Serbia Serbia leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0 . Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 . Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . China vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Russia Netherlands leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Poland Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Serbia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-

Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 162 133 128 ...... 423 93 ...... 516 United States 109 77 75 ...... 261 70 ...... 331 China 23 36 27 ...... 86 21 ...... 107 Germany 19 30 29 ...... 78 35 ...... 113 Australia 7 13 22 ...... 42 22 ...... 64 Netherlands 5 8 7 ...... 20 20 ...... 40 Switzerland 6 5 9 ...... 20 7 ...... 27 Canada 5 5 6 ...... 16 8 ...... 24 Italy 1 6 8 ...... 15 11 ...... 26 Czech Republic 4 2 7 ...... 13 12 ...... 25 Japan 3 6 4 ...... 13 7 ...... 20 Russia 3 3 6 ...... 12 3 ...... 15 Austria 1 4 5 ...... 10 8 ...... 18 Spain 0 7 2 ...... 9 4 ...... 13 Greece 1 4 3 ...... 8 8 ...... 16 Norway 0 2 2 ...... 4 2 ...... 6 Slovakia 0 0 4 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Cuba 1 2 0 ...... 3 2 ...... 5 Thailand 0 2 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Poland 0 2 1 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Lithuania 0 0 2 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Argentina 0 1 0 ...... 1 4 ...... 5 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 3 ...... 4 Finland 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Paraguay 0 0 1 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Sweden 0 0 1 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Romania 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Ukraine 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Indonesia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Israel 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Vanuatu 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 351 351 352 ...... 1,054 350 ...... 1,404 . There have been 351 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic & Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 263 events: . Brazil vs. United States United States leads 52-44 . Brazil vs. Japan Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 17-7 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 14-8 . Brazil vs. Romania Romania leads 1-0 . China vs. United States United States leads 11-6 . Brazil vs. Ukraine Brazil leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 7-2 . Canada vs. Czech Republic Canada leads 1-0 . Australia vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . Canada vs. United States Canada leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . China vs. Cuba China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 4-0 . China vs. Norway China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 3-1 . China vs. Spain China leads 1-0 . China vs. Germany China leads 3-1 . Cuba vs. Russia Cuba leads 1-0 . Australia vs. China Australia leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Germany Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Italy Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Japan Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Greece vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Finland vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Germany Canada leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Japan Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Spain Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Germany leads 2-1 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Switzerland Italy leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Netherlands Russia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Greece Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Spain Japan leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Thailand Japan leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Japan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Canada Canada leads 1-0 . Kazakhstan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Poland Australia leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Netherlands Austria leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Spain vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Czech Republic Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Thailand vs. United States United States leads 1-0